Big Changes Coming To SEPTA's Busiest Bus Route
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- SEPTA's busiest bus route through Philadelphia is getting split in two on Sunday.
The Route 23 bus currently runs from Chestnut Hill to South Philadelphia, but on November 29 that will change. Dan Nemiroff is a Senior Operations Planner with SEPTA, and he says there will be a new Route 23 bus.
"It will travel from Chestnut Hill to Center City via Germantown and 12th (Street), and it will turn on Locust Street," Nemiroff says. "And then it will turn back up 11th (Street) and layover on 11th between Market and Filbert (Streets)."
Nemiroff says the new Route 45 bus will take over the rest of the route.
"Traveling from Broad and Oregon (Streets), up 11th (Street), and then it will turn onto Noble Street which is a block above Callowhill," he says, "and it'll layover on Noble towards 12th (Street), and then it will resume southbound service on 12th (Street)."
There will be a free transfer zone between Callowhill and Market Streets, but riders will need to get their transfers from bus drivers before getting off the first bus on their commute.
